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h1n1 flew phenomenon, which we don't know the final story of yet us so, this business of standing the environment, looking for threats and opportunities trying to project trends is sort of the day-to-day business that we do. the second broad area that we pursue it is, when the united states moves in an area, makes a policy, make strategic choices in terms of what is going to do to deal with the region or a situation. in that case, our responsibility in the intelligence community is to portray a fundamental understanding of what is really going on in the ground in the area were talking about. at least to my personal experience the united states is made many of its mistakes and national security by having a misguided understanding of the real situation on the ground right at the beginning of our involvement in an area. we impose ideas from previous regions into a new region and often that is a big cost in blood, reputation and effort. for example, early on it was thought vietnam was the place for the soviet bloc expanding and telling you the west and it turned out it really was at heart a civil war
h1n1 flew phenomenon, which we don't know the final story of yet us so, this business of standing the environment, looking for threats and opportunities trying to project trends is sort of the day-to-day business that we do. the second broad area that we pursue it is, when the united states moves in an area, makes a policy, make strategic choices in terms of what is going to do to deal with the region or a situation. in that case, our responsibility in the intelligence community is to portray a...
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the first is general statementsts on the global environment that has an impact on form policy. these are statements in the world and it has implications. i think they will continue to stress, a generally stable environment and peace and development of the time. i think you'll see that can be highlighted. the statement has always been paired with more negative concerns about the international environment. those in the past have been called power politics, local conflicts, hotspot issues that keep emerging. imbalances in the world economy which may be worsening and then of course traditional and nontraditional securityy threats. you will see references to these factors as well. there's also been a reference in the past to something called neo interventionism. that has been the tendency for states to intervene in the internal affairs of other state states. this was prompted really for or highlighted in the first party congress and it came about because of libya and syria with outside powers. this might not be as prominent in this party because you haven't had as many new examples
the first is general statementsts on the global environment that has an impact on form policy. these are statements in the world and it has implications. i think they will continue to stress, a generally stable environment and peace and development of the time. i think you'll see that can be highlighted. the statement has always been paired with more negative concerns about the international environment. those in the past have been called power politics, local conflicts, hotspot issues that...
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environmental record while ignoring china's brandon pollution -- rampant pollution are not interested in the environment. they only want to punish america and i will not stand for it. if the united nations is to be an effective organization, it must focus on the real problems of the world. this includes terrorism, the oppression of women, forced labor, drug trafficking, human and sex trafficking, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing of religious minorities. america will always be a leader in human rights. my administration is advancing religious liberty, opportunity for women, the decriminalization of homosexuality, combatting human trafficking and protecting unborn children. we also know that american prosperity is the bedrock of freedom and security all over the world. in three short years we built the greatest economy in history and we are quickly doing it again. our military has increased substantially in size. we spent $2.5 trillion over the last four years. we have the most powerful military anywhere in the world and it's not even close. we stood up to decades of china's trade abuses. we rev
environmental record while ignoring china's brandon pollution -- rampant pollution are not interested in the environment. they only want to punish america and i will not stand for it. if the united nations is to be an effective organization, it must focus on the real problems of the world. this includes terrorism, the oppression of women, forced labor, drug trafficking, human and sex trafficking, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing of religious minorities. america will always be a leader...
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is the epicenter of efforts to secure information in the environment. we have special operations subcommittee to back to work with you to have resources and authorities you need to succeed to meet these threats. i'm interested in understanding any difficult gaps. relations to defeat these threats, especially those with the information in the environment. discussion is crucial in developing 2022 national defense authorization act. with that, i want to thank our witnesses to for opening remarks. >> thank you for opening remarks and your leadership and organizing this morning's hearing. will hear from three leaders across the enterprise, and particularly to welcome and congrats on his confirmation. today we continue to grow and scope and complexity. intelligence enterprise past on a daily basis to help the nation prepare, defend and react to threats. his ability cyber attack shows how vulnerable our government and commercial sectors are this offensive operation. when you going off pipeline, this continues to grow at an alarming rate. earlier this year mid-
is the epicenter of efforts to secure information in the environment. we have special operations subcommittee to back to work with you to have resources and authorities you need to succeed to meet these threats. i'm interested in understanding any difficult gaps. relations to defeat these threats, especially those with the information in the environment. discussion is crucial in developing 2022 national defense authorization act. with that, i want to thank our witnesses to for opening remarks....
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just before midnight last night in response to that report the chair of the coalition environment and energy posted it is not concerned yet but have c the champagne on ice when george w. bush rejected so how could anybody have confidence that this government want to exactly the with the paris agreement. >> thank you mr. speaker.treaty i think the honorable member first question mr. speaker i repeat today what i said on the 16th of november when the treaty was ratified. when australia makes theeement commitment we follow through and that is what we are doing. we are committed to the paris agreement and we are on track to meet our target. were committed to ensuring australia has and achieve thatt when meeting a global commitment. that is our commitment. what were doing is taking real and practical action to get theo job done.the de the deputy prime minister talked about our commitment to two-point oh. the commitment to support renewable energy in the southern hemisphere. the labor product allowed renewable energy to be rolled out at such an expense that it could provide well over 100% b
just before midnight last night in response to that report the chair of the coalition environment and energy posted it is not concerned yet but have c the champagne on ice when george w. bush rejected so how could anybody have confidence that this government want to exactly the with the paris agreement. >> thank you mr. speaker.treaty i think the honorable member first question mr. speaker i repeat today what i said on the 16th of november when the treaty was ratified. when australia...
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all of that was created in a different environment. what i am inviting you to do is to approach this effort we will undertake with no constraints your thinking. with none. one of the great honors for me serving in this department, and all of you know the department of state first cabinet created and charted under the constitution. this secretary of state position under -- we are part of a living history. we are going to carve our little they come into of it in that clock of time and we will carve our peace into that history. the question is, how we will do that and how effectively we will do that. history is moving around us as we just spoke. how do we adapt to that? i want to ask all of you to be free in your thinking. the process going forward as you know we have kicked off this listening exercise. i encourage you to go online and participate in the survey online. this is vital to how we understand where we want to go. i think we have 300 individuals selected to sit down face-to-face into interviews so we have a better understanding.
all of that was created in a different environment. what i am inviting you to do is to approach this effort we will undertake with no constraints your thinking. with none. one of the great honors for me serving in this department, and all of you know the department of state first cabinet created and charted under the constitution. this secretary of state position under -- we are part of a living history. we are going to carve our little they come into of it in that clock of time and we will...
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exceptional environmental record while ignoring china's rampant pollution are not interested in the environment, they only want to punish america and i will not stand for it. the united nations is to be an effective organization, and the oppression of women, forced labor, drug trafficking, human and sex trafficking, religious persecution and the ethnic cleansing of minorities, america will be a leader in human rights, my administration is advancing religiously become opportunity for women, decriminalization of homosexuality, combating human trafficking, protecting unborn children, american prosperity, the bedrock of freedom and security all over the world. the greatest economy in history and we are quickly doing it again. military increased substantially in size. we spent $2.5 trillion over the past four years, have the most powerful military in the world and it is not even close. and and more historic partnerships with mexico, guatemala, and el salvador to stop human smuggling. we are standing with people of cuba, nicaragua and venezuela in the right struggle for freedom. we withdrew from the
exceptional environmental record while ignoring china's rampant pollution are not interested in the environment, they only want to punish america and i will not stand for it. the united nations is to be an effective organization, and the oppression of women, forced labor, drug trafficking, human and sex trafficking, religious persecution and the ethnic cleansing of minorities, america will be a leader in human rights, my administration is advancing religiously become opportunity for women,...
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i think where we can see a lot of shift in the culture and environment is when peers are stepping up and saying don't do it. we talked about not in my squad. i think that is an important step. we have a long ways to go general. i look forward to working with you on the important topic and protecting our sons and daughters as they serve. thank you very much. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, i want to commend you on your statement. i think it is one of the best statements about the role and mission of the army should be required reading, i think, for every member of the army today. one of the questions you answered to the chairman was would you commit to provide your personal views even if they differ from the administration in power. i want to underline the importance of that. all of your experience, knowledge and wisdom that you accumulated over the years are of no value if you don't share them. you will be operating in the highest level of the government in a situation that can be intimidated. we want to encourage you to remember that question and speak up
i think where we can see a lot of shift in the culture and environment is when peers are stepping up and saying don't do it. we talked about not in my squad. i think that is an important step. we have a long ways to go general. i look forward to working with you on the important topic and protecting our sons and daughters as they serve. thank you very much. >> thank you, senator. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, i want to commend you on your statement. i think it is one of the...
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the value of being a flag officer in and of itself is going to wing in this environment. you know, so those who are hired to work for the defense firms either have such name recognition that it's going to have value in terms of the circuit or they have specific skills, specific knowledge about a specific program that they are going to be able to use on the corporate side. your average guy, and this is a challenge that we are helping tackle because we talk about the guys, the 90% that are not in that category that the nation should do right by and help them find the right job. it's a challenge. even in the officer ranks for your average platoon leader to find the right fit in terms of a job and in terms of rewards and everything else associated with it. it's such a great consequence that it's a hard at to follow quite frankly. c-span: from your experience what's does the average citizen know about the military? >> guest: little to nothing. c-span: and about the process we are talking about? >> guest: yeah, i mean a few years ago i had the opportunity to play the member gue
the value of being a flag officer in and of itself is going to wing in this environment. you know, so those who are hired to work for the defense firms either have such name recognition that it's going to have value in terms of the circuit or they have specific skills, specific knowledge about a specific program that they are going to be able to use on the corporate side. your average guy, and this is a challenge that we are helping tackle because we talk about the guys, the 90% that are not in...
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and your comrades-in-arms resilience to take tests of your character in stride on the most primitive environment on earth. let me close with a reminder to today's troops through a veteran's eyes. i want to go back to world war ii, the greatest generation. today as we sit here, there is a 91-year-old world war ii combat veteran from maine. the veteran is mr. richard lincoln, and he's now live anything a veterans' home in maine. he and his three brothers all fought in world war ii, and he is the last surviving one. mr. lincoln has a remarkable story. as a 17-year-old from a very small town of wayne, maine, a town of less than 1,000 people, and standing just five foot five inches tall, i wondered as i read that, was that the effects of malnutrition during the depression. mr. lincoln served as a first scout in the 88th infantry division in a battle which was a grueling and historically important amphibious assault in the italian campaign, an amphibious landing against long odds which permitted the allied capture of rome. he repeatedly risked his life on the front lines to identify enemy artillery ba
and your comrades-in-arms resilience to take tests of your character in stride on the most primitive environment on earth. let me close with a reminder to today's troops through a veteran's eyes. i want to go back to world war ii, the greatest generation. today as we sit here, there is a 91-year-old world war ii combat veteran from maine. the veteran is mr. richard lincoln, and he's now live anything a veterans' home in maine. he and his three brothers all fought in world war ii, and he is the...
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because the arctic char is just that, the arctic and live in environments freeze nearly solid so the fish are used to crowding together and have very high disease resistance. you can grow the arctic char outside of the ocean in the closed containment facilities where there is no threat to the wild population and it is generally a better farm fish. if you're looking for a salmon like fish, the arctic char is the better fish. >> thank you very much for your time. >>> up next, patrick o'donnell talks about the marines who made the georgia company one of the most highly decorated and it's a victory in war. he discusses his book at borders bookstore in westlake ohio. this is a little over 50 minutes. .. carried our battle guide in the battle of fallujah which was news to me. i didn't know that was exactly or with the whole story was and then they said to me do you need a ride? and i said yes, it was 24 miles away from the nearest train station or transportation in the middle of camp pendleton, there were no cabs or any other way to get around so they took me towards the train station and
because the arctic char is just that, the arctic and live in environments freeze nearly solid so the fish are used to crowding together and have very high disease resistance. you can grow the arctic char outside of the ocean in the closed containment facilities where there is no threat to the wild population and it is generally a better farm fish. if you're looking for a salmon like fish, the arctic char is the better fish. >> thank you very much for your time. >>> up next,...
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in creating an environment that was for a rhonda come in and provide to the hutus. it's a very complex situation but this is a complex partnership with saudi arabia that we likely will need to maintain for a period of time because the greatest threats in that region, is reinforced during my visit was clearly aroundiran. and they continue to develop nuclear weapons, continue to improve their military technology including missile technology in which the weapons could sit and engage in terrorist activities throughout the middle east and so that destabilizing process is the threat to not just those in the region but ultimately the united states. so it's important for us to maintain a dialogue with sometimes bad actors and copper cato partners like the saudis. you mentioned you had seen changes in saudis policy toward yemen that you thought were positive. is that right? >> yes, let me, the government for making changes, they are targeting of different military targets has improved and persuaded of that, i spent a lot of time with no ambassador as well as leaders in saudi
in creating an environment that was for a rhonda come in and provide to the hutus. it's a very complex situation but this is a complex partnership with saudi arabia that we likely will need to maintain for a period of time because the greatest threats in that region, is reinforced during my visit was clearly aroundiran. and they continue to develop nuclear weapons, continue to improve their military technology including missile technology in which the weapons could sit and engage in terrorist...
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all civilian serving out there are extraordinarily brave and because they are not in the same secure environment as our military colleagues and you saw tragical though a unique example of that with their cia colleagues in cost in the last few days. secondly, they have to get out to do their work. they have to get outside of the why are comment when you go down to a place like shellmont and see someone like rory kelton, who has been there three years, who knows the area, and aid worker knows the area up better than any of the american military and is committed in takes enormous risks, you see that. now what we doing specifically to deal with it? there is a constant province by province negotiation on how much support the military will give the american civilians from aid, usda and other agencies as the move around. and that depends on the promises. if you are in mazar-i-sharif, as i was the contriver without any escort from the airport into town and drive around and get out but in kandahar does not quite the same so it is a province by province issue. i can give you a defining answer on this but
all civilian serving out there are extraordinarily brave and because they are not in the same secure environment as our military colleagues and you saw tragical though a unique example of that with their cia colleagues in cost in the last few days. secondly, they have to get out to do their work. they have to get outside of the why are comment when you go down to a place like shellmont and see someone like rory kelton, who has been there three years, who knows the area, and aid worker knows the...
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and here we are operating in the usual political environment. you all see the difficulty of getting 60 votes for health care. if you read the constitution, you know you need 67 votes to get a treaty ratified. and it's a long way from 60 to 67. i know how the treaty feels. i've got 65 votes for cloture. i got 62 votes for my confirmation. if i were a tree i wouldn't have made it. [laughter] >> so i tell you, i know how a treaty feels. nevertheless there are many areas in which we have been able to do treaty making. last year the u.s. exchange and deposited instruments on more trees than any other year in u.s. history. already this year there has been won one ratification, the french tax protocol. were expecting the senate to ask on a number of other tax treaties, the child support treat them the defense cooperation trees with the u.k. and australia. we're hoping for actions on various bilateral investment treaties, et cetera. and we are considering a number of ways in which these international agreement processes can be moved forward. one area ve
and here we are operating in the usual political environment. you all see the difficulty of getting 60 votes for health care. if you read the constitution, you know you need 67 votes to get a treaty ratified. and it's a long way from 60 to 67. i know how the treaty feels. i've got 65 votes for cloture. i got 62 votes for my confirmation. if i were a tree i wouldn't have made it. [laughter] >> so i tell you, i know how a treaty feels. nevertheless there are many areas in which we have been...
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with the b21i do not see it that way, i think it's a different environment and i think is a place of recognition that we do have threats around the world that we do need this capability. another thing mime memory with with the b2 is requirement chains. and that and part drove cost increase. in in the case of b21 we are having very specific discipline to keep requirement stable. this is the chief control officer sitting to my left, any proposed change would have to go to the chief of staff of the air force and there have not been any so far. stable requirement is very different. number three, when it comes to the b2, everything was new. it was a a new airframe, it was new components going in to that airframe and the integration challenge was enormous. it was the equivalent of a miracle a day transpire. in the case of b21 we have a new airframe, integration is a challenge but we are using the chore technology. the risk is more bounded. number four, i think looking back on it and perhaps for best of reasons the b2 remained in the shadows for too long. the remained classified, too many d
with the b21i do not see it that way, i think it's a different environment and i think is a place of recognition that we do have threats around the world that we do need this capability. another thing mime memory with with the b2 is requirement chains. and that and part drove cost increase. in in the case of b21 we are having very specific discipline to keep requirement stable. this is the chief control officer sitting to my left, any proposed change would have to go to the chief of staff of...
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in term regulatory environment with cars, closing coal plants and i think that the pandemic is a potential opportunity. just think about it, ju-ju. the government is now paying massive amounts to various businesses. why don't we condition that? why don't be basically say one of the conditions is for automobile companies, these kind cafe or mileage standards, or this kind of business you use these kinds of energy sources. so i think we have a tremendous lever in order to influence the domestic energy picture. think globally the real question is, how do you get others to do it and i think it was an interesting article in foreign affairs by professor northhouse and basically said we should band together with other like-minded countries and essentially say we're going to possibly introduce a tariff to the goods of those countries that don't meet sir compliment centerses to incentivize them to do it and i think that's an interesting thought. still working on. i think it's always going back to a previous question, never get that agreed to globally and i think paris has hims because everybody the
in term regulatory environment with cars, closing coal plants and i think that the pandemic is a potential opportunity. just think about it, ju-ju. the government is now paying massive amounts to various businesses. why don't we condition that? why don't be basically say one of the conditions is for automobile companies, these kind cafe or mileage standards, or this kind of business you use these kinds of energy sources. so i think we have a tremendous lever in order to influence the domestic...
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i am hopeful congress will renew it and i wanted it in a way that is consistent with the threat environment. it is a pillar of the collection and we need it. >> do you think that whole thing has been skewed by the fact that it seemed so much for the counterterrorism and doesn't look at all these other threats that are implicated by section 702? >> i think that it was skewed by edward snowden and that somehow this information was being used by the intelligence community whether that was agency or the fbi or others in a way that was unlawful and simply not true if there is enormous oversight not only from the role that i have where there was a quarterly report that i read with great interest, but by the courts as well. there is enormous oversight for disinformation. i'm happy about that and i think it is appropriate that oversight remains in place, but the tools to tie together various threats dreams is essential and i hope we don't walk back to this understanding of how it is that we created the risk of that's so if we ever have another day, so we never have another day like that. there seem
i am hopeful congress will renew it and i wanted it in a way that is consistent with the threat environment. it is a pillar of the collection and we need it. >> do you think that whole thing has been skewed by the fact that it seemed so much for the counterterrorism and doesn't look at all these other threats that are implicated by section 702? >> i think that it was skewed by edward snowden and that somehow this information was being used by the intelligence community whether that...
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this one he had five or six things there is a narrow agenda they didn't talk about the environment or housing or education. there's a lot of things that just were not there with very narrow focus. a trade and economic policy frankly what was good about it is what he didn't say. he didn't withdraw from nafta, didn't attack the world trade organization and didn't attacked china there after. he reflected the reporter was going to call me after and talk about this. he spent maybe one minute on trade which we all thought was going to be one of the focuses of the speech because it has been such a major topic of his for the entire year. he basically repeated what he said which is i think of a fair and genuine articulation of trade and it's a legitimate plaintiff view but he didn't go into any detail or provide any revelations about what he intends to do. everybody around here thought that he was going to be the ambassador to south korea and suddenly we learned that he's not. what is the deal here, what is this all about? i used to see him when he was a policy director at the security council
this one he had five or six things there is a narrow agenda they didn't talk about the environment or housing or education. there's a lot of things that just were not there with very narrow focus. a trade and economic policy frankly what was good about it is what he didn't say. he didn't withdraw from nafta, didn't attack the world trade organization and didn't attacked china there after. he reflected the reporter was going to call me after and talk about this. he spent maybe one minute on...
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environment. they're not comparable at all. >> guest: wayne, you highlighted an excellent point, in that there's the unaware people that are out there of what these systems should be -- how these systems should be used in a safe and responsible way. i think you're exactly right. we need to educate people of the dangers if you misuse this technology. you're right, we're at an early stage of this technology. wheat why i believe the technology should be used in those operational environments for which we know we can have a higher risk -- a higher assurance it will beadmen a proper way. i make -- will be done in a proper way. the early cell phones were the size of a loaf of bread and hear veriy but it matured to where they are today and that's why 80% of the world has one. we have rep lick indicated the ol' factors of a dog, the sonar of a dolphin. it's within the realm of understanding we'll come to the point where we want to see how birds fly in the sky and fish swim in the sea and don't bump into e
environment. they're not comparable at all. >> guest: wayne, you highlighted an excellent point, in that there's the unaware people that are out there of what these systems should be -- how these systems should be used in a safe and responsible way. i think you're exactly right. we need to educate people of the dangers if you misuse this technology. you're right, we're at an early stage of this technology. wheat why i believe the technology should be used in those operational environments...
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then there is the hope to do with energy, environment come with food security, and bandit next. then i wrote about the fact we want to see the restoration of the good name of democracy. i believe in democracy and not a bad reputation because we cannot impose democracy. i did not talk about the financial crisis which is an additional big umbrella issue that some way or other all the other issues and clearly have been a major problem and question for president obama to do with. so peace talks that are not working for north korea or people dying in africa in various conflicts there and ethnic conflicts and a rise of populist authoritarian demagogues in latin america. it is a huge foreign policy agenda and in addition there are a lot of domestic issues. there is always lots to talk about and i would be happy to answer questions about pins or foreign policy or the weather or better for you would like. [laughter] >> yes man. i would have the privilege to be an employee but what would you consider your greatest accomplishment as a diplomat? >> this is not a set up? [laughter] >> the mo
then there is the hope to do with energy, environment come with food security, and bandit next. then i wrote about the fact we want to see the restoration of the good name of democracy. i believe in democracy and not a bad reputation because we cannot impose democracy. i did not talk about the financial crisis which is an additional big umbrella issue that some way or other all the other issues and clearly have been a major problem and question for president obama to do with. so peace talks...
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we've been giving it this way the last 30, 40 or 50 years because it was created in a different environment. so, i guess what i am inviting all of you to do is to approach this effort that we are going to undertake with no constraints. one of the great honors for me serving in this department the department of state first cabinet is chartered under the constitution. the secretary of state first cabinet position we are going to get to carve out our little piece of it in that clock of time. how do we adapt to that i want to ask you to be e. of your thinking through the process of going forward as you know we just kicked off this listening exercise and encourage you to please go online and participate in the survey online. i think we have about 300 individuals we have selected to sit down to do some interviews so we have an understanding. we want to collect all of this input and your thoughts and ideas. that is going to guide how we approach the work process design and how we deliver on the mission. that is the real key. i understand how to deliver on the mission first and how about work proce
we've been giving it this way the last 30, 40 or 50 years because it was created in a different environment. so, i guess what i am inviting all of you to do is to approach this effort that we are going to undertake with no constraints. one of the great honors for me serving in this department the department of state first cabinet is chartered under the constitution. the secretary of state first cabinet position we are going to get to carve out our little piece of it in that clock of time. how...
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how, coming out of this environment, what you say to the next administration you have the opportunity. >> we won't lead by walking away from the rand deal and china, russia, germany, that will not be leadership. we will not lead by turning our backs on the climate change agreement where the world is moving to try to deal with a major problem and then you say how are you gonna lead? that's how you lead. we've been leading, those agreements came under our administration. the country was racing towards the possession of a nuclear weapon in a region where if they were getting it, every other country would've gotten it. with the world be better off with more nuclear weapons in the hands of weapons in that country or no? we lead that effort. the first trip i made outside of europe, second trip total i went to china. my staff that i was loony and this was an improbable mission. we would get them to sign onto a working group to deal with climate change but we did it with the goal of getting china in the u.s. to stand up together so that we could lead and we got on what could not be done in co
how, coming out of this environment, what you say to the next administration you have the opportunity. >> we won't lead by walking away from the rand deal and china, russia, germany, that will not be leadership. we will not lead by turning our backs on the climate change agreement where the world is moving to try to deal with a major problem and then you say how are you gonna lead? that's how you lead. we've been leading, those agreements came under our administration. the country was...
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it was a very sort of conservative environment. but also it was a compound. none of us were allowed out. >> so you never really got to see the countryside. >> said you are taking this organized group of units. they were always at a certain time with a fast reminder and you go out in the room and come back into this room and so you see that is going to the rest of the country. i think the way that this is a story that is a constant narrative story that happens in the prison. it is any daily life that we were living because i played basketball with van, i talked to them about their girls which they were great leaders but then they were breaking the and i do think that if you are locked in a fight with somebody slowly the understanding happens and i think this bond happens. so they've asked questions about america but very hesitantly. and i would always question because i didn't want to get him in trouble. somebody is always watching. even the conversation. >> did you get the sense that any of the students wanted to leave? >> leave the country? >> there were def
it was a very sort of conservative environment. but also it was a compound. none of us were allowed out. >> so you never really got to see the countryside. >> said you are taking this organized group of units. they were always at a certain time with a fast reminder and you go out in the room and come back into this room and so you see that is going to the rest of the country. i think the way that this is a story that is a constant narrative story that happens in the prison. it is...
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colleague of mine ali soufan wrote a piece just in the last day or two talking about how our polarized environment whether it's rhetoric or whether it's politics does contribute and feed into the divides that our enemies our terrorist enemies would like to see and if that's not reason enough to come at this differently i'm not sure what is. >> thank you. a question from the top. >> hi. thank you so much for being here tonight. i want to say it's really awesome to see a woman and national security so i really appreciate that. my name is lea and i'm a sophomore in professor shandler's counterterrorism class. i know hindsight is 2020 but i'm curious if you felt that there's more that you could have or would have done with the obama administration to address the nuclear threat? >> thanks for your question and thanks for being here. the professor may have stopped the audience. i think it's a constant balancing question about whether to apply pressure he unilaterally on pivotal actors like china who really do -- experts are financing although the solution of this goes through china there's a trading par
colleague of mine ali soufan wrote a piece just in the last day or two talking about how our polarized environment whether it's rhetoric or whether it's politics does contribute and feed into the divides that our enemies our terrorist enemies would like to see and if that's not reason enough to come at this differently i'm not sure what is. >> thank you. a question from the top. >> hi. thank you so much for being here tonight. i want to say it's really awesome to see a woman and...
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today security environment is dramatically different from the last 25 years. it requires new ways of investing, new ways of operating. five eve all strategic challenges, namely russia which has already been mentioned, china, north korea, iran and are now driving dod's budget. i want to focus on our ongoing fight against terrorism, especially isil which we must and deal a lasting defeat. most immediately, the tumor in iraq and sue syria but also where it's metastasizing elsewhere in the world. we are doing that in africa. were doing it in afghanistan where we continue to stand with the afghan government and people to counter terrorism and isil. all the while we continue to protect our homeland. : >> to. >> end ultimately the sec the tumor into two parts whenever iraq and the other syria. this is just the most recent example of kobe are enabling local forces to deal with isil as a lasting defeat. next to of the four challenges affected the recognition have a great power of competition. to be a strong and balanced approach to deter aggression we have not had that
today security environment is dramatically different from the last 25 years. it requires new ways of investing, new ways of operating. five eve all strategic challenges, namely russia which has already been mentioned, china, north korea, iran and are now driving dod's budget. i want to focus on our ongoing fight against terrorism, especially isil which we must and deal a lasting defeat. most immediately, the tumor in iraq and sue syria but also where it's metastasizing elsewhere in the world....
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this will be a fundamentally different environment than we have faced in the past. what is going to take to be ready for that to you the army has a vision that describes what is needed to prevail over great power competitors over future battlefields. we released the army vision last june and everything we do is striving towards that goal. to get there we are undergoing several, writing new war fighting doctrines, developing a market-based personnel system, we are making great progress on each of these lines of effort and i would be happy to talk about these in more detail during our discussion. as focused as the army is on preparing for war our primary goal is to deter conflict and preserve peace. to bolster conventional deterrence the army deploys forces across our theaters of europe and the indo pacific. in europe we keep in armor brigade congress -- combat team to train our allies across the region. this past march a couple months ago we conducted a no notice deployment of 1500 soldiers in the first armored division drawing equip and from position stocks and cond
this will be a fundamentally different environment than we have faced in the past. what is going to take to be ready for that to you the army has a vision that describes what is needed to prevail over great power competitors over future battlefields. we released the army vision last june and everything we do is striving towards that goal. to get there we are undergoing several, writing new war fighting doctrines, developing a market-based personnel system, we are making great progress on each...
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that is why they are so supportive doing something about our environment and climate change because they know this is real. this is why they support strong net neutrality laws so the future is about everyone having access to that information. i hope the young people that are here today will not lose faith but feel more empowered with the tools that they know best to help us get to that round of agreement to move forward on solutions to help us. >> host: nearing the end of our time by the final topic selected by those in the hall the choices were environment, gun policy and opioid addiction and the audience chose gun policy. senator cantwell a one minute response. federal law says the age is 21 but the legal age for the automatic rifle is 18. should be age we raised at 21? >>cantwell: yes it should. >> host: that limits the constitutional right of somebody already at the age of majority? >>cantwell: the courts made a very important decision in 2008 yes the right to bear arms is not just militia but that does not mean the senate cannot do something to put it on - - better protect her stude
that is why they are so supportive doing something about our environment and climate change because they know this is real. this is why they support strong net neutrality laws so the future is about everyone having access to that information. i hope the young people that are here today will not lose faith but feel more empowered with the tools that they know best to help us get to that round of agreement to move forward on solutions to help us. >> host: nearing the end of our time by the...
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the nature and scope of the national security environment in which we operate is largely by strategic competition and continuous among the u.s., china and russia for global strength and influence. we are working to provide the u.s. along with our allies advantage across all domains and geographic boundaries with competitors who face challenge, limit or exceed military capabilities. there capabilities could more legal ballistic and cruise missiles, stockpiles and greystone measures such as ambiguous unconventional forces, foreign proxies, information manipulation, cyber attacks and economic coercion. china remains long-term strategic competitor to the u.s. as a threat, it poses major security challenge. beijing uses multiple approaches including demonic economic espionage military to achieve strategic gains. china continues its decades long military modernization to build incredible lethal force are almost certainly be able to hold u.s. and allied forces at risk at greater distances from the chinese mainland. the russian military poses a substantial threat to the u.s. russia has a grow
the nature and scope of the national security environment in which we operate is largely by strategic competition and continuous among the u.s., china and russia for global strength and influence. we are working to provide the u.s. along with our allies advantage across all domains and geographic boundaries with competitors who face challenge, limit or exceed military capabilities. there capabilities could more legal ballistic and cruise missiles, stockpiles and greystone measures such as...
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we have a complex environment across the globe. russia, china, north korea, iran, transnational terrorist groups, all of those things are things we need to worry about to maintain security of this country. we are actively building 100 partnerships across the globe, trying to confront the threats and recognizing the need for cooperative efforts with our allies and partners, appreciate the effort as well. much of the focus of this committee for the last couple weeks has been on top line for the defense budget which has been an area of controversy. i personally don't think it should be, i think the budget, the president submitted is more adequate, a $12 billion increase over last year's budget and the budget before that was only three billing dollar increase over the previous budget. 71503 billing dollars is a lot of money even in the rest, it's a lot of money and we ought to be able to adequately defend our country for 753 billing dollars. my concern, as many of you have heard before is more toward how we are spending that money. num
we have a complex environment across the globe. russia, china, north korea, iran, transnational terrorist groups, all of those things are things we need to worry about to maintain security of this country. we are actively building 100 partnerships across the globe, trying to confront the threats and recognizing the need for cooperative efforts with our allies and partners, appreciate the effort as well. much of the focus of this committee for the last couple weeks has been on top line for the...
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what our organization does, we look out 2025, to 2050 and we try to offer any environment, what are the geopolitical situations we'll face around the world and what are the democratics, what are economics and challenges we're going to face. what are the competitors we're going to face and what are the things that our adversaries, possible adversaries going to do to us. once we have that figured out in our crystal balls. as i said in our role as architect of the army, we layout concept what we want our battalions and brigades to do and write out for the next helicopter, tank and we basically put a blueprint together for the army for the next say 30 years. this is what we want it to look like, this is the capabilities that the army has to have and equipment and et cetera like that. that's one of our responsibilities. another thing we do, we recruit the army and i spent the day down at the recruiting station and downtown and so when you drive around the united states and you look in the strip malls, armed forces recruiting and training and that's tra-doc, i think we have some recruiters ou
what our organization does, we look out 2025, to 2050 and we try to offer any environment, what are the geopolitical situations we'll face around the world and what are the democratics, what are economics and challenges we're going to face. what are the competitors we're going to face and what are the things that our adversaries, possible adversaries going to do to us. once we have that figured out in our crystal balls. as i said in our role as architect of the army, we layout concept what we...
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he believes representative democracy remains the best form of government and champions it in an environment at a time when people wonder if majority rule still works. he is a candidate worthy of our appreciation and respectful attention. as he speaks to us now about america and the world, national security for a new era. i give you mayor pete. [cheers and applause] >> thank you! thank you! [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you and good morning. i am delighted to be here. thank you to you and your colleagues for hosting us at indiana university. i am particularly pleased to be a school name for two hoosiers of global consequence. [applause] >> these two giants use their indiana values to shape a tradition of american leadership combining responsibility and restraint with idealism and vision. thank you for your introduction. by his mastery of the relationship between serving a home district and addressing the affairs of the world we became one of this nation's most widely respected state and i am profoundly appreciative over the years. [applause] >> when we first
he believes representative democracy remains the best form of government and champions it in an environment at a time when people wonder if majority rule still works. he is a candidate worthy of our appreciation and respectful attention. as he speaks to us now about america and the world, national security for a new era. i give you mayor pete. [cheers and applause] >> thank you! thank you! [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you and good morning. i am...
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you had to say that otherwise -- >> to help understand what we are trying to do in an environment where fewer of their kids have to be in conflict. that is the mission to get the outcomes through diplomacy. what is the worst part of being secretary of state? >> i haven't figured that out yet. the state department itself, are you involved in a lot of the foreign service officers to encourage them to be more involved in the state department or how do you deal with the foreign service officer's? >> one of the things i love doing is leading the organizations when i ran in the beginning we had plans on how to make the foreign service officers and local employees staff better, so we have real training programs in the work we've developed on what he callewe callthe events, the 21sy diplomat, each of which is aimed at making -- they will be there long after i'm gone. they came here before me and they will be here after i'm go gone. we have an obligation to take care of and make sure that they get good education as well. >> i noticed you have very colorful socks on. [inaudible] after the first p
you had to say that otherwise -- >> to help understand what we are trying to do in an environment where fewer of their kids have to be in conflict. that is the mission to get the outcomes through diplomacy. what is the worst part of being secretary of state? >> i haven't figured that out yet. the state department itself, are you involved in a lot of the foreign service officers to encourage them to be more involved in the state department or how do you deal with the foreign service...
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[laughter] >> okay, he's bright, he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. from my very first interaction with him he's been very candid with me about the things that are important to him and priorities set and how the negotiations might proceed. he's now repeated that he's prepared to denuclearize, now is not time to execute. i hope we can achieve that. i head to asia and bangkok and we hope to unlock the rubik's cube and presented as the leader of north korea and hope that he can see his way clear so we get the brighter future that president trump is talking about. >> do you expect another summit date and time? >> there's nothing planned. >> why did the last summit kind of abruptly end? >> there was a vast spread to put it in economic terms. >> all right. >> i can't go into all of this. we've had a number of conversations running up to this and my team worked hard and the idea that the leaders could bridge that gap in that moment turned out to not work that day. >> do you think that the u.s. position has be
[laughter] >> okay, he's bright, he has managed to rise to the level of leadership in a difficult environment where he was a very young man when his time came. from my very first interaction with him he's been very candid with me about the things that are important to him and priorities set and how the negotiations might proceed. he's now repeated that he's prepared to denuclearize, now is not time to execute. i hope we can achieve that. i head to asia and bangkok and we hope to unlock...
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. >> i think a lot of our viewers will be reassured because were going into an environment where there isn't a lot of apparent bipartisanship . there isn't a great deal of bipartisan ignition of the threats we're facing. you mentioned the increasing threat from north korea, that hasn't gone away were anticipating the nuclear test, more missile tests last year than ever before from north korea. but i think we ought to be heartened by the continuity between the trumpet and invited administrations and recognition of the threat from north korea and china which will talk more about and how we're seeing the war play out in russia and the urgency to develop some of these defense capabilities and of course we seem japan published a number of important strategic documents and nationalsecurity strategies . their defense program guidelines and defense strategy. what are your priorities, what you think is most important for strengthening the alliance not only may be from a military perspective but also from an economic perspective, and a critical arenas of competition that involve development of t
. >> i think a lot of our viewers will be reassured because were going into an environment where there isn't a lot of apparent bipartisanship . there isn't a great deal of bipartisan ignition of the threats we're facing. you mentioned the increasing threat from north korea, that hasn't gone away were anticipating the nuclear test, more missile tests last year than ever before from north korea. but i think we ought to be heartened by the continuity between the trumpet and invited...
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when you get into an f environment that automatically becomes more complex. and more dynamic that's one condition that we are in for sure and likely to remain in for a considerable length of time. another condition is rapid emerging technology. that has really impacted i don't know, by 1970 or so. that towards the end of the year is the introduction of decision missions and the united states, very few countries have precision munitions and those are almost ubiquitous, most are significant powers in the yoworld have munitions so we can hit, most country can hit targets at great distance with great precision. now in order to do that you also have to be able to see so what has happened say in the last 40 years but let's go back even more, today we can see and over the last 50 years we can see globally better than at any time in human history so right now i've got a gps watch on. i've got an iphone in this room, there's electronic devices here and i would manage imagine the chinese have a lot of people listening in so you can pinpoint people through electronic de
when you get into an f environment that automatically becomes more complex. and more dynamic that's one condition that we are in for sure and likely to remain in for a considerable length of time. another condition is rapid emerging technology. that has really impacted i don't know, by 1970 or so. that towards the end of the year is the introduction of decision missions and the united states, very few countries have precision munitions and those are almost ubiquitous, most are significant...
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the other thing that happens is we change our environment. this is a big driver with emerging infectious diseases. it should not be surprising when i talk about ebola somehow the animal connection comes into play whether mosquitoes or bats from ebola the original costs on - - cause of the virus and that's how you spread out the chain of transmission in human 75 percent of the diseases that you hear about of emerging diseases there is an animal connection. putting people out into the jungle they get infected. that disease has the potential to cause person to person transmission with ebola or murderers from bats and camels if you have contact with camels that's what you get the disease. is not a surprise with these emerging infections coming from parts of southeast asia with a lot of connection with animals. bird flu is another good example people in china and other parts of southeast asia very close to birds or foul this is an opportunity for them to swap genes and infect humans to become a global pandemic. those are the environmental conditio
the other thing that happens is we change our environment. this is a big driver with emerging infectious diseases. it should not be surprising when i talk about ebola somehow the animal connection comes into play whether mosquitoes or bats from ebola the original costs on - - cause of the virus and that's how you spread out the chain of transmission in human 75 percent of the diseases that you hear about of emerging diseases there is an animal connection. putting people out into the jungle they...
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would result in a smaller navy 291 ship say this is live fewer than today's fleet of 296 and the chief environment informed by this scenario. moreover, china has the largest navy in the world and growing to 400 ships in two years and his story is similar to the air force. in the a hired a budget, this committee will have to fill in the gaps to deter china and make readiness. let me highlight a few examples of what from mike, is missing from the budget request. $3.5 billion on the unfunded priority, $266 million to fund and priorities learn to air force and chinese spy balloons. funding to replenish $1 billion in drawdown only for taiwan congress authorized last year but it would be the administration's own zero trying to picture policy the work of 1500 active-duty troops sent to the southwest this week. security assistance for ukraine beyond september and $1.6 billion under budget according to government accountability office analysis. that is more than the budget request. i recognize these are driven by the white house last year's experience is instructive. the front of the written request of mas
would result in a smaller navy 291 ship say this is live fewer than today's fleet of 296 and the chief environment informed by this scenario. moreover, china has the largest navy in the world and growing to 400 ships in two years and his story is similar to the air force. in the a hired a budget, this committee will have to fill in the gaps to deter china and make readiness. let me highlight a few examples of what from mike, is missing from the budget request. $3.5 billion on the unfunded...
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here are the choices, the environment, gun policies, and dealing with opioid addiction. to vote, go to wadebates.org. we move on now to the voters security and immigration. ... >> that legislation i got great bipartisan support out of the united states senate did not get support from the house of representatives. we need to change the house or get them to understand these children deserve to have the american dream that they have grown up here. it breaks my heart now that i have constituents tell me that might work at microsoft or boeing working for that company the children were born here in the united states then they go to high school or grade school and their classmates tell them to go home. to wear? redmond? they were born here in the united states so with these daca recipients. >> you have one minute for the same question what is your solution? . >> >>hutchison: we did have a bipartisan bill we are giving daca dreamers the opportunity to move toward citizenship and legality. at the same time to secure the border. giving them laws on the books certainly more than ju
here are the choices, the environment, gun policies, and dealing with opioid addiction. to vote, go to wadebates.org. we move on now to the voters security and immigration. ... >> that legislation i got great bipartisan support out of the united states senate did not get support from the house of representatives. we need to change the house or get them to understand these children deserve to have the american dream that they have grown up here. it breaks my heart now that i have...
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you said cyber attacks have created a a permissive environment. i'm trying to figure out, based on what you said, how we are not in a permissive environment in light of what they have stolen with our weapon system and the huge infringement on 21 million people in this country. also, could you you comment on the vulnerability of that data and where we are in terms of how it will be used against us? >> first, that is an assessment of what was taken. we don't know in terms of specifics, but that frames the magnitude of this theft, and it is potentially very serious, has very serious implications. first from the standpoint of the intelligence committee and identifying people who are under covered status, one small example, it poses all kind of potential -- and unfortunately it is the gift that will keep on giving for years. it's a very serious situation. what we tried to do is educate people with what to look for and how to protect themselves. again, this is a huge threat of theft and has potentially damaging implications for people in the intelligenc
you said cyber attacks have created a a permissive environment. i'm trying to figure out, based on what you said, how we are not in a permissive environment in light of what they have stolen with our weapon system and the huge infringement on 21 million people in this country. also, could you you comment on the vulnerability of that data and where we are in terms of how it will be used against us? >> first, that is an assessment of what was taken. we don't know in terms of specifics, but...
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we help them reconcile all the alerting and environment. we help them pick which ones present the biggest risk to the enterprise. >> host: when you look what happened to target and the office of personnel management where they warn that they missed the risks? >> guest: i can't speak on the specifics of those breaches but i will say generic leg and we were public by default on the target related breaches because there was a warning system in place there. the code base that was developed that was used against the majority of the retailers and those breaches was developed six months before was ever started great it was sold in underground forums. if you are active in those forms you are able to gain access into that code base and a code base was a memory scraping tool which allowed you to gain access to the credentials from the time they went through the card swipe until the time they were encrypted. so the tools being sold, keep up the tools are gained access to the tools you could reverse engineered and say this is a tool that targets retail
we help them reconcile all the alerting and environment. we help them pick which ones present the biggest risk to the enterprise. >> host: when you look what happened to target and the office of personnel management where they warn that they missed the risks? >> guest: i can't speak on the specifics of those breaches but i will say generic leg and we were public by default on the target related breaches because there was a warning system in place there. the code base that was...
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in terms of regulatory environment, closing coal plants. the pandemic is a potential opportunity. the government is paying massive amounts to various businesses. why don't we condition that? why don't we basically say one of the conditions is for automobile companies for mild standards or this kind of business they use, this kind of energy, we have a tremendous lever in order to influence the domestic energy picture. globally the real question is how do you get others to do it? an interesting article in foreign affairs, by professor nor house where he basically said we should band together with other like-minded countries and he sensually say we will introduce a tariff for the goods of those countries that don't meet certain climate standards, incentivize them to do it and an interesting thought. i'm still working on it but also going back to a previous question. you will never get that agreed to globally and i think paris has real limits because everybody is there, the goals were met, it is not sufficiently ambitious so we may need to think about work arounds. what is a we do wit
in terms of regulatory environment, closing coal plants. the pandemic is a potential opportunity. the government is paying massive amounts to various businesses. why don't we condition that? why don't we basically say one of the conditions is for automobile companies for mild standards or this kind of business they use, this kind of energy, we have a tremendous lever in order to influence the domestic energy picture. globally the real question is how do you get others to do it? an interesting...